Even before I converted to Christianity, I've always thought the bridge diagram used during gospel sharing is fundamentally and philosophically unsound. It's such a fallacy that using it is as if we thought the listener is a 3-year-old or an idiot, if not both.
- What if I am an atheist who doesn't believe God could possibly exist? What good would it be to "reach God" and why would it matter if I am "never good enough to reach Him/Her/Them/It"?
- What if I am a nihilist who doesn't believe there is inherent meaning or purpose in life? What good would it be to know something that is not provable?
- What if I am a hedonistic free-thinker who find the pleasures of the materialistic world in the present is all I wanted and doesn't care what holds for me beyond my death? How would telling me about "life after death" benefit my present?
Such evangelistic methods only stroke the ego of the "evangelists" to seem superior above the "ignorant" non-believers. And they could only convince the naive, ignorant, paranoid people, who would jump on any religious belief that they thought could serve their agenda in life (most of the time it's wealth-related).
I did not convert to Christianity because of the bridge diagram and I continue to reject the use of it when I share my faith with others who had ears to hear. I'm a rationalist and a logician, I use reasons and logic to explain my opinions, belief, and faith. And God has always blessed me with the words and opportunities to do so.